Hungary — Social Inclusion of Refugees from Ukraine (January - March 2024)

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Contact
DTM Europe, DTMMediterranean@iom.int
Language
English
Location
Hungary
Period Covered
Jan 01 2024
Mar 31 2024
Activity
  • Survey

Key Findings

  • Nearly half of respondents experienced inclusion problems related to housing (42%), followed by lack of employment (33%), lack of access to services (13%) and problems related to access to school (5%).*
  • Language barrier was the main inclusion challenge experienced by 54 per cent of respondents, followed by financial barrier (51%). Another 16 per cent experienced discrimination while in displacement.*
  • The most important needs cited by respondents were financial support (77%) and food assistance (60%). This was followed by health-care services (39%) and the need for long-term housing (38%).
  • Most respondents faced financial insecurity, as seven out of ten (71%) respondents would have been unable to cover an unexpected expense of 100 euros.
  • Among unemployed respondents, 62 per cent were in need of labour market counseling.
  • Among respondents, 23 per cent shared meals with locals at least once a month and communicated with locals at least 3 times a month.
  • Among respondents, 33 per cent rarely or never felt like an outsider and had at least a moderately strong connection to the host country.
  • Close connection to the host community increased from 56 per cent among those having stayed for 1 year or less in Hungary to 81 per cent among those having spent more than 2 years in the country.
  • Among respondents, 72 per cent enrolled their infants (0-4 years old) in childcare facilities while 84 per cent enrolled their children (5-17 years old) in local schools.
  • Two-thirds of respondents were registered with a general practitioner (66%) and 79 per cent registered their children with a paediatrician.
  • Of all respondents, 56 per cent found visiting a doctor difficult. Among them, the main problems included language barrier (50%), long queues (31%) and the lack of documents (9%).*

*Multiple answers possible